Research Article
Evaluation of Congestion Relief Proposals in a Capital City
Table 1
Operating characteristics of the LRT [
6].
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| Length of line | 24.9 km | Average time at stops | 20 seconds | Number of stops (stations) | 13 stations | Journey time, one way | 32 minutes | Time round trip | 70 minutes | Commercial speed | 43 km/h | Peak train frequency | 12 per hour | Vehicle capacity | 250 per unit (500 per train) | Vehicle length | 30 m per unit (running two units) | Vehicle width | 2.65 m | Seating % full | 25–30% | Peak pax capacity | 6000 per hour/direction | Predicted traffic | 93,000 pax (year 2006/working day) | Vehicle required | 28 units, 14 trains | Total vehicle required | 31 units |
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